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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03
Cheap Farm Ing Lands South.


1t is recognized fact that the cheapest
farming lands In America today are In the
South, and men of much or moderate
means, looking for real estate Investments,
or permanent homes, should not fail to
visit the following points, where so many
northern people are now settling, viz:
Jackson, Tennessee; aberdeen and Jackson,
Mississippi. Hammond, Crowley, Jennings,
Welsh and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Round
Trip Tourist tickets, limited to June LIST,
1888, with stopover privileges south of
Cairo, Illinois, are on sale toNew Orleans,
Jennings and Lake Charles. For rates ap-
ply TO nearest Illinois Central ticket agent
For pamphlet entitled southern Home
Seekers Guide" and circulars concerning
the above named points, address the under
signed, at Mano hester, Iowa.
j. F. MERRY,
Gen. West. Pass. Agt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

Another heroine has been added to Amer.
icas long list Of brave women. Miss Mary
Wakefield, one Of the passengers on board
. burning steamar of Charlevoix, Mich,
seized little child's clothing In her mouth
and, declining aid, swan ashore with the
little one In safety. The Secretary Of the
Treasury has been requested to award her
q medal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

Washington Is the pawn brokers' para.
disc, and all of the guild are wealthy and
accommodating more each year. Changes 10
life are so frequent and numerous that the
most Insignificant sum will suffice for arti.
cles worth hundreds Of dollars. The house
occupied by Secretary Villas was built by q
three ball man.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

The oldest man In Illinois still keeps on
dying with surprising regularity. The
last one to give up the ghost was uncle
Johnny Van Piper, Of Elizabeth. He was
110yesrs old and great hunter, his friends
estimating his record on grey squirrels as
something enormous.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

A heavy piece Of machinery, made In
New York for firm at Bethlehem, Pa, ts
to be transported to Its destination on a
special fiat car, capable of holding so tons
burden. The car is now building in the
Lehigh Valley Car Shops, and Is three
times the length of the ordinary run OF
flat cars
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

Il Don't Want Relief. Rut Cure. ~

Don't Want Relief. but Cure
Is the exclamation of thousands suffering
from catarrh. To all such we say: Ca,
tarrh can be cured by DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. II has been done In thousands
of cases why not In yours. Your danger
Is In delay. Enclose q stamp to Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
n. y, for pamphlet on this disease.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, you are bothered with headache,
you are fidgetty, nervous, and generally out
of sorts, and want to brace up. Brace up,
but not with stimulants, spring medicines,
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you in worse
condition than before. What you want is an
alternative that will purify your blood, start
healthy action of Liver aud Kidneys, restore
your vitality, and give renewed health and
strength. Such medicine you will find in
Electric Bitters, and only so cents bottle
at D. Lorriaux's Drug Store.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

Recent changes to the advantage of those
buying tickets via The GREAT Rock Is
LAND ROUTE. For circular giving full
particulars address E. A. HOLBROOK, Gem
eral Ticket and Passenger Agent, Chicago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

In answer TO casual question,
How easy and truthful to tell it's
A cure for the worst indigestion,
To take Pierce's Purgative Pellets.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

Hog cholera, or q kindred disease, pre-
walls at Lostant, and Is causing the death OF
numbers of Porkers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03
HOW TO BUY AND WHAT 10 BUY
WHAT RxrERrENcR rsAcHrs 70 SEsr.

There Is something to consider In the daily
expenses for the household necessities, which
in the aggregate Of the year amount to . good
deal. The ethics Of buying and selling seem
to be for the vendor 10 get all he can, and for
t., purchaser to see that he don't get TOO
much. But what b too muchf Il b almost
profound question. and presents the strange
paradox that the dearest in many thineo q
often the cheapest. Certainly this u o In
food where health IL involved, and In rene
dies which restore health after Il has been
impaired. II u certainly 20 in clothing; for
cheap suit that will hardly last ono season 10
dearer than the one which will last two sea-
sons, the difference In price being reasonable.
So in shoes, and the like Recurring to the
items Of food and health, undoubtedly the
most important, II is found that villainous
adulteration is what renders II cheaper, in
much that is sold, and men are known who
have spent thousands to be cured Of disease,
have suffered years Of agony, and have trifled
That which is testified to by thousands Is be-
ing an absolute cure. and permanently efica.
cious, Is cheap at any price in comparison
with such as have no virtue, and which pro-
long suffering. A case in point is the follow
ing: New Bloomfield, Pa, April %, 1886.
The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore Md.
Gentlemen For more than thirty years |
had been afflicted with rheumatism so severe
had to use morphine to secure rest at night.
Spent hundreds of dollars with physicians
and for remedies without benefit. Five years
ago l tried st. Jacobs Oil, and It effected an
entire and permanent cure. have not been
troubled with It since. Cold or damp weather
does not affect me at all. desire TO give it my
oil laH snH ,nvNt -. Il
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-26
Carrying Concealed Weapons.

The Edgefeld Advertiser, Of the 2Sths5
ult, says: s
There is statute in Georgia against
carrying concealed weapons, similar to-
the one in South Carolina. Some year,
ago Judge Lester, of that State, willie
going from his boarding place to the;
Court House, where he was to hold Court
observed a pistol on the person of a man
whom he passed. Immediately thereaf.5
ter Court was called and Judge Lester.
directing that the doors be closed and
fastened, put every spectator upon his
oath, as to whether he was carrying AZ
concealed weapon or not. Quite q mum.
Der were found carrying the deadly pistol,
and these were fined FIVE dolian each
and their weapons deposited with the
Court. Having finished with the specta.
tors be took up the lawyers sitting around
the bar, and quite number of these
we're found to be in possession oil, and
carrying, pistols, and they too were treat
ed in the same way as the spectators.
Suppose Judge Wallace should Try this:
at the next term of our Circuit Court
would it not do more good than a occa.;;
sional Indictment for violating the stat.I
ute? We think SO, and hope the exper-;
iment may be made. -, 81,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-26
The Chivalry of a School Girl

Under the title of "Sneered At,1 in.
the Youths Companion we find a most
interesting story in three columns, Of sas
poor but beautiful girl; being educated
by her uncle for teacher, at a fashion,
able seminary where all the girls but her
we're able to dress expensiveli while she
had only the plainest clothing. The
valedictory poem was awarded her, but.
poverty made it Unnecessary that she should
appear before the large and fashionable
audience dressed only in coarse, white
muslin with no ornament. Many of t2thes
wealthy ladies sneered at her and 100
wrought upon the poor girls mind, that
she thought of giving up her part. At.
this juncture a noble.hearted girl, the
wealthliest of the whole school, whose
dresses were imported from ,ss-is, came.
to the rescue. FindiDgit impossible to-
prevail upon the poor girl to wear one Of
her costly dresses, she appeared on the.
day of graduation by her side; not in!
the rich costume prepared for the occa:,
sion, and which the girls "were dying to:
see," but in the same plsin, coarse,
white muslin, with only one rosebud for:
ornament. s
Under the inspiration Of such noble
heroism the poor girl wor the highest
honors of the class, and from that day
dated q friendship which lasted through;
1;ea -. SslsS
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have no right to traffic in drug that
will weaken mans mental faculties,
lower bis morals, unfit him for society,
and ruin him financially. Men have 3
right to fire and water, but it is only for
the purposes for which those elements
were made. A man has no right to fire
his neighbours building or drown his
fellow. citizen. No such right was given
when the fire and the water we're given,
and it is not in the proper use, but in the
misuse, of whiskey which lies the great
moral evil. But up jumps the anti.
prohibition church member and says he
don't believe that one hundred men have
the right to say what ninety.nine men
shall eat. That is not the prohibition
theory. -Four hundred Democrats have
no right 20 say to three hundred and
ninety.six Republicans, "you shall vote
the Democrat ticket" yet, when the
election is over, the Offices are held by
Democrats. But the one hundred men
have not only the right, but it is their
duty, to prevent ninety.nine men from
becoming . debauche, lunatic, an as.
sassin, a murderer, or suicide, by plac.
ing the cause, of 80 per cent. at least, of
such crimes and misfortunes out of reach.
a few words to the ladies of our Coun-
ty, in conclusion: By the laws of our
country you can not vote, but you Gao
sorite the ticket. Your influence is great,
for "the hand that rocks the cradle, rules
the destiny of the nation" Exert your
influence in behalf of prohibition, or the
snakes will become quite tame, and you
will be worae beguiled than old mother
Eve. They will assume the f q of
human with the subtlety of the adder.
Help us to put this thing, called whiskey,
out of the reach of your father, your
brother, your cousin, your uncle, your
husband and your lover. 1t is said that
the whiskey barrel invariably leaks at
the bung. Aid us, by your influence, to
bury the whiskey keg next August; and
let US bury it with the bung downwards,
SO that, if it does, leak out, it will soak
through to the other side of the globe.
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A Strange Case of Suicide.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 14.-The
coroner was summoned to try a most
singular case of accidental suicide to day.
Isaac Tulley, mechanic, while suffering
intense pain from an attack Of cholera
morbus, rushed from his home to go to a
doctors Office. He had not proceeded
far from the house, however, before he
discovered phial Of medicine lying on
the ground. In frenzy of pain he
seized it and drank the contents, not even
looking to see what it contained. In a
very short while he died in great agony,
the bottle having contained what was
found to be a strong solution of croton
oil, the unfortunate man having taken
nearly an ounce of the poison. The
bottle had been accidentally dropped by
passing physician.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-26
The Wrong Woman.

An amusing incident occurred not long
since at one of our churches. a wsll:
known citizen and his wife attended the
service, going thither as was sheir custom
in their own vehicle. When the meeting
was over the husband told the wife to Be-
out at the door so as to be ready to eos
home when he came along with the horse
and sleigh. She was promptly on
time and team came up, 8 man held
out his hand and helped her in and drove
off with her. They had not gone q gress;
way when she said: "It seems to me me
you got the horse quick" The man
locked at her moment in surprise on
hearing strange voice, and exclaimed:
"Good gracious l have got tie wrong
woman" He turned the hone around
and drove back to the place Of meetings
where an exchange was made, and hss:
started home once more With The right
woman.-Cbncord Nonltor. !.g,:ss ~
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near Winchester. Her two stories, "on
Roth sS;des,, and "Juan Juanita," are

near Winchester. Her two stories, "On
Both Sides and "Juan Juanita," are
we'll known.
Miss Julia Magruder, who also lives
near Winchester, Va, is the author OF
G Across the Chasm," a study OF social
conditions since the war, contrasting
certain types of the North and South.
Miss Amelie Rives is the author OF "A
Brother to Dragons" which created a
sensation in its anonymous appearance
in the atlantic. So lar as we know, her
reputation rests on that one piece, though
this number Of Ha,pers contains poem
Of very considerable merit from her pen.
She is said to come Of distinguished lln'
esge, and to possess rare personal attrac'
tions, and to have won already an ex.
tended social reputation in the North as
we'll as the South. Indifferent to social
triumphs, she lives at her ancestral home'
Castle Hill, .Albemarle County, Va. She
has never been in the school room, her
governess having been instructed to let
her study when and how she would. She
is .siust entered upon her twenties,"
being the only one of the ladies whose
age Mr.. Coleman gives.
We should like to have heard more
than we find here about Mrs. Tiernan,
author Of "Suzette," about Mrs. Burton
Harrison, and Samuel sMinturn Peck,
and we do not understand why James A.
Harrison has not place, and promi-
.nent one, in such a sketch.
Robert Burns Wilson was born at the
home of his grandfather, in Washington
County, Pa, Oct. 80, 1850. He is de-.
.scerded on his mothers side from the
Nelson family Of Virginia. His father
was an architect and builder, and bis
mother had talent for drawing aDd, paint
ing. N at 19he began painting portraits
for Il livelihood. At22 he went to Lou.
isville and now lives at Frankfort. With
his fame as a poet We are all familiar.
Lafcadio HearD, of Louisiana, was born
fin Santa Maura of the Ionian Islands,
his mother native Greek, his father a
surgeon in the British army. STRAY
Leaves from Strange Literature,o vol
ume Of poetical prose, is his chief claim
to place here. He is a Journalist, and
has lived in the South for some years.
In. conclusion, we may say it is strik.
ing how many of these writer's are Vir.
ginians-of course we have not men.
toned all-and how many of them came
Of old families.-C F. s., IN Southern
Christian Advocate.
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Concerning Morals and Crime.

The remarkable increase of crime in
France during the last half century has
drawn attention to a similar state Of
affairs in this country. 1t must be ad-
ted, as the Boston Herald puts it, that
there is noticeable weakening in the
controlling force of those moral senti-
ments which in the past: restrained men
who were tempted to do wrong.
In France the explanation given is
that since the revolution the moral
education of the people has been neg
lected. If this is true of the French, it
is in avery large measure true Of the
Americans.
Certain super6cialista will be ready to
deny this. They will point to the
progress of our religious denominations,
and the increase in the number of our
churches. Unfortunately this does not
meet the case. Perhaps the number Of
reIgionists is increasing because creeds
are broadening, disciplii rowipg lax,
and the requirements of religion are
growing easier. Numerous churches may
be either good or a bad sign. The
First Napoleon said that great number
of churches in proportion to the popula.
ton indicated low state of morals.
The trouble is that too many of our
people grow up without any moral teach
ing. In a fit Of enthusiasm or emotional
excitement they join church, but it is
too late to cure the evils resulting from
their defective moral education. They
profess askind Of theoretical Christianity,
and continue devoted to the world, the
/ flesh and the devil.
This detective contingent may be found
ii every. church, and it is sometimes large
enough to be serious drawback. If the
lack of moral training weakens those
whoare in the church it must necessarily
work still greater injury to those who
are out of it.
In our old-fashioned state of society
there was something like family govern
ment. Children were taught to shun
temptation, to love the right and abhor
the wrong. But times have changed.
Parents hesitate to give moral lectures to
the precociously sharp boys and girls of
the present day. The young people go
of and flock together, instituting some.
thing like a boycott against their elders.
If they fancy bad books, bad pictures and
ways that are dark, they will follow their
bent, and their fathers and mothers will
know nothing about it until it is too late.
Out of the ranks of these unrestrained
youngsters come in each generation the
men and women who are to lead society
and control business. Bright, worldly,
impatient of restraint, what can be ex-
pected of them?
Until We pay more attention to early
moral training, our percentage of crime
will continue to increase. Here is the
weak spot in our civilization. We must
remedy the evil at its starting point. The
religion Of this age will not keep men
straight when they have never been
taught the value of morality. There is
no use in CLOSING over these things.
Our civilization is rotten, and the sooner
we realize it and begin the work OF
genuine reform, the better it will be for
all concerned.-AtZa21ta Constitution.
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in manual training for the older boys,
who learn drawing, wood carving, ETC.,
1t is largely attended. All these classes
are free. In connection with the school
is also free dispensary, oficered by
three lady physicians. The mission pas
tor holds church service Sunday evenings;
for the parents of the members Of the
school. - =
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-26
Country Roads Again.

The Richmond Wig puts in a strong
plea for better country roads. In Yir-SS.
ginia, as in other Southern States, the 9
roads are execrable. !i-
Our contemporary favors stringent
laws making it compulsory on the part Of :
the Counties to provide better roads. IT.
is common thing to see a County strain.
ing every nerve to secure a new railroad
at an expense of hundreds Of thousands 4
of dollars, and yet the benefits expected
to accrue count for but little compared
with those to be derived from good
system of highways. The Whiig says !:
"In conversation with distinguished
citizen of this State, who recently travels
ed in Europe, he remarked that one Of
the chief advantages which European
countries possess over this, and one which {
impressed him more strongly than any
other, is good country roads. He said in,
England and Scotland, and more, espe.s
cially on the continent, they have splen.;
did country roads, which have beer
located by the best engineering skill: that
could be had, and built Of the most
enduring materials and in the most SUBJ
stantial manner. The result is that
while the first outlay was very consider:
able, it costs very little to keep them in:
repair, and they have delightful roads
over which it is pleasure to travel. He
said the grade is very light, the roads,
either going through OF around the hills,l
and it is just as common there to tunnel1
for country road as it is here for arail:
road. With firm roads Of easy grade az
team of horses can easily haul three Or
four times as much as they can over the
roads in this country, and do it nlesssss
than half the time we take. res;
marked that in Germany or France they
bitch one horse to vehi e upon which ];
they take four or FIVE passengers and
dash through the country at the rate of;
eight or ten miles an hour with all ease.ns;
We need just such roads in Georgia.
They would build up the towns, increase
travel and traffic and enhance the value )
Of farming lands. Of course such i'm IS
provements cost money, but it is an
=
investment that psys. Too much impor.s,
tance cannot be attached to this matter.
Good country roads are among theindis.
pensable factors of progress and prosper
ity."-Atlanta Constitution. IS
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A South Carolina Soldiers Grave.

Sheriff Rowan has received a postal
from Mr.. Robert Parsons, of Fall Greek,
Tenn, to the effect that he has found
soldiers grave there marked ]. 81. Todd
Co. G., 10th S. G. ", and thinking some
of the relatives of the dead soldier might
desire some information as to his last
resting place, be writes to say that he
will be glad to furnish such with all in
relation to it that he can.-Columbia
Register.
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p So live that death may never sur
prise thee unprepared. Happy the man
who constantly keeps the hour of his
death in view, and every day prepares
himself. for it.
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lS reQulEeu VI I'LL u6loio u6 Cau u0 du'
mitted into full membership, and after
the baptizing comes in the simile of the
old goose: they give themselves good
all round shake, and, as far as the appear
ance of goose, or the conduct of the
Church member, would indicate, you
could not positively assert that there ever
had been shower of rain or a shower of
grace. But there is one thing that will
be very plain: if prohibition fails to
carry the election next August, Anderson
County will be considered by the whole
civilized world as very good field for
missionary work.
But would prohibition curtail the
rights of our citizens? No. Men haYe
no rights to anything, only those which
God gives them. Their rights are de.
rived and dependant. Our rights are
derived from the Author of our exist.
ence, and dependant or extend only 80
far as they will not infringe upon the
rights of others. Although government
is an ordinance Of God, it was not insti.
tuted to giue rights, but to guard them !;
to protect us in the enjoymentand proper
application of such rights. There is q
sense in which, under God, a man owns
himself. But he has no such title, even
to himself, that would give him the right
to engage in business that would de.
grade and drag down the morals of the
citizens in the community in which he
lives merely for his own worldly gain.
That right was not given, morally speak
ing, when his soul and body was given.
When man buys horse he owns him,
but he has no such title as gives him the
right to use the horse in business that
would injure his fellow.citizens, and men